Volcanoes and Videoconferencing
You’d think that not being able to fly to meetings across Europe the past week would have given the webconferencing and telepresence industry a big boost. But although there has, out of necessity, been an increase in remote meetings, there’s…
Your Old Copy Machine a Security Risk?
If this is true (and it appears so, I’m just using conditional since it’s so insane .. beyond insane) discarded old photocopiers may represent a huge security / privacy risk. Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive – like the one on your personal computer – storing an image of every […]
Fast Food’s Commodity Inflation Conundrum: Raise Prices vs. “Where’s the Beef?”
With commodity price inflation forecast to hit food commodities ranging from hogs to ground beef, the restaurant business may soon find itself faced with the dilemma of either raising prices or skimping on portions. A recent WSJ article that I came across highlights the particular challenge the fast food business faces. The story begins by […]
To iPhone Or Not To iPhone, That is the Question
Apple’s strategy towards Adobe Flash drives me nuts. There’s yet another flurry of posts about it as Adobe officially abandons further work on Flash for the iPhone. Adobe hints they’re going to be more Google Android focused according to Sarah Perez, and there have certainly been all the right rumblings in terms of a good […]
C.K.Prahalad : Will Be Sorely Missed
C.K.Prahalad : The name resonates with different people – Business, Entrepreneurs, Management thinkers, Co-Authors, Consultants, Management Students, Government workers – in many different ways. For CK, perspective in most of what he had done has essentially come out of discussing, debating, working, observing and challenging with everyone around him. His belief in the early 1990s […]
The Newly Born, The Buried and The Reincarnated
I just finished reading an interesting article by fellow EI Mike Krigsman in his IT Projects Failure blog. There is also an interesting video interview with NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson about the value of NetSuite, cloud computing and NetSuite implementation.
One thing came to mind for me as I listened to Zach and read Mike’s analysis; […]
Salesforce Enters Data Services Market
The announcement that Salesforce.com is acquiring Jigsaw caught my attention for a couple of reasons. Jigsaw’s unique Wikipedia-style crowd-sourcing model delivers the world’s most complete, accurate and up-to-date business contact data The combination of Jigsaw and salesforce.com will allow companies to easily find, purchase and manage data that is seamlessly integrated with their CRM apps […]
CEO interview and analysis: NetSuite’s Zach Nelson
Zach Nelson and I discuss ERP, cloud computing, and other exciting enterprise topics. See the video and read the analysis.
VMware’s SpringSource Redis and Rabbit acquisitions: A Database Play is Emerging
The VMware Q1 financials call had some interesting futures stuff, worth quoting CEO Paul Maritz in full
This is Paul. I would be happy if you had to come around and have a cup of coffee with me and we could discuss that for several hours. The very, very short answer to your question is that […]
